Combination expansible garment-stretcher.



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Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3,1915.

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WILLIAM A. PERKINS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO C. W. RAYNOR, 0F

PORTLAND, OREGON.

COMBINATION EXPANSIBLE GARMENT-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application led March 3, 1915. Serial No. 11,666.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. PERKINS, a subject of the King of England, residing in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Expansible GarmentStretch ers, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to garment stretchers, and more particularly to a combination stretcher, adapted for use in baby stockings and shirts after they have been washed, for the purpose of stretching them while they are drying, and thus preventing them from shrinking.

Among the salient objects of my invention are,-to provide a combination .stretcher which can be used both for stockings and for shirts, and which is capable of adjustment, so that it can be used with various sizes of stockings and shirts, thus providing a stretcher which can be used for small garments, and which can be adjusted from time to time to adapt it to larger garments, as required, thus avoiding the necessity of buying a stretcher for each size of garment worn, and to provide a combination article of the character referred to, which can be cheaply manufactured and sold for a reasonable price.

In order that others may thoroughly understand my invention, I have illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings one practical form thereof, which I will now describe.

Figure l is a side elevation of a combination stretcher embodying my invention, ad-

l justed, as shown in full lines, for a small size of garment, and with one side -thereof adjusted, as indicated in dotted lines, to show the expanded adjustment thereof for larger garments; and

Fig, 2 is a sectional view taken on line 1 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, the stretcher comprises a two-part body, the parts of which are designated 1 and 2, hinged together at 3, and provided at their lower ends with foot forms, 1a and 2a, as

shown in full lines. Two auxiliary body members 4f and 5, having at their lower ends foot forms, la and 5a, similar to the foot forms, la a, and adapted to register therewith when in their folded positions, are plvotally connected, as at 4b and 5b, to the foot forms la and 2a, respectively, so that when said members 4 and 5 are moved laterally from the members l and 2, as indicated in dotted lines, the two foot forms 2a and 5a, for example, assume the positions indicated by the solid and dotted lines, at the right hand side of Fig. l, the two together thus adjusted making a larger foot form, as will be clearly understood from the drawmg.

Pivotally attached to the upper ends of the members l and 2 are two arm members 6 and 7, provided at their outer ends with adjustment holes 6a and 7a, and intermediate their ends have cam-like portions 6b and 7b. Connecting arms 8 and 9 are pivotally attached to the upper ends of the members l and 5, and are adapted to be adjustably connected at their outer ends to the outer ends of the arms 6 and 7, as indicated. Thus in adjusting the device for garments of a` larger size, the arms 8 and 9 are detached from the arms 6 and 7 and are moved outwardly and attached nearer to the outer ends of the arms 6 and 7, as indicated by the dotted line positions of the members 5, 9 and 7.

It will readily be seen that the stretcher is adapted both for stockings and shirts. The arms 6 and 7 and the connecting members 8 and 9, are adapted to be inserted into the sleeves of the shirt, while the body of the shirt 'is stretched around the members 4 and 5. It will also be seen that as said members 4 and 5 are moved apart, they will be adapted to stretch shirts having a larger bust measurement.

The two halves of the device can be folded toward each other to facilitate the application of the shirt thereto, and when the arms 8 and 9 are disconnected at their outer ends from the arms 6 and 7, the parts can be folded together in compact form for shipment. The upper ends of the arms 4 and 5 are preferably grooved and adapted to have a sliding, interiitting engagement with the arms 6 and 7, and with the cam portions 6 and 7b thereof, as the parts are adjusted'outwardly to the position indicated in dotted lines. l Y

It will also be apparent that if the arms 6 and 7 are raised slightly, the members 4 and 5 will be correspondingly moved out- H wardly, and the member 8 moved away slightly from the arm 6, as indicated in dotted lines at the left hand side of Fig. l, thus giving a slight expansion movement to the body member 4l and the connectingr arm member 8, without any change of the connection between the outer end of vthe member 8, and the outer end of the member 6.

I am aware that many changes can be made in the details of the invention as here shown for purposes of illustration without departing from the spirit thereof,y and I do not, therefore, limit my invention to the particular form here shown, except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

1 claim: ,Y

l. A garment stretcher of the character referred to, comprising atwo-part stockingreceiving body, the parts of which lie flatwise together and are movable edgewise relative to each other, whereby one part projects at one side and forms one operatingY edge of said body, and the other vpart projects at the opposite side and forms the opj posite operating edge of saidbody.

2. In a garment stretcher, a body member having a foot format its lower end, an auxiliary body member having a foot form at its lower end, said foot forms being pivoted latwise together in register with each other, whereby as said body members are moved apart, said foot forms. are moved out of register with each other,and together constitute an expanded foot form.

l 3. A garment stretcher of the character described, comprising a two-part body, each part of which-is provided at its lower end Y with an expansible foot form composed of two flat members occupying adj acentplanes, and movable relativev to each otherY and adapted to receive a stocking thereon, and

- eachY partof which is provided at its upper end with a laterally expansible arm structure, adapted to-receive the arm of a garment, substantially as described. Y

4. A combinationY expansible garment stretcher, comprising a two-part body, each rpart of which is expansible laterally and provided at its lower end with an expansible foot form composed of two flat members'Y r-ovable relativer to each other in adjacent planes, adapted to receive a stocking, and at its upper end with an expansible arm structure, adapted to receive the arm of a garresaase I'i Wint,-

5. A combination expansible garment stretcher of the character referred to, comprising two body portions hingedly secured together, and each comprising two adjustable members provided at their lower ends with -footforms,and at their upper ends with arm structures pivotally connected thereto,all of said parts being adjustable simultaneouslyV to expand or contract the foot forms, the body portions, and the arm structures, substantially as described.

I 6.AV combination expansible garment stretcher of the characterdescribed,r comprising two body Vmembers hinged together and-provided at Vtheir lower ends with foot ,Y

forms and at their upper ends with laterally projecting varmmembers pivotally aty tached thereto, and auxiliary bodyr members, having foot formsy at their lower ends,

and pivotally connected to the foot formsotl said first ,bodyr members, so as -to normally register therewith, and `adjustably connected Vat their upper ends, by'mejansjo'f connecting members, to the outer ends of said first arm members, whereb to simultaneously adjustl saidfootv memy ers, vsaid body members,'andl said arm members, `substantially as shown and 'defscribedgf 7. 1n a garment stretcher, in combination, a body member lprovided at its lower endV with a foot form, an arm member pivoted to the upper end thereof, an auxiliary body mem- 'ber provided at its lower end with afoot form andY pivotally connected tothe foot form of said rst body member, a' second arm member pivotally connectedjto th'eupper end of said auxiliary bodymember and at its outer end adjustably connected to the outer end ofsaid first arm member, whereby the adjustment of said second arm member opera-tes to expand said armV members, said body members and said foot form.

8. A garment stretcherof the character referred to, comprisingin combination, two body members lhinged together and each provided at its lower end with a footform,

an arm member pivotally connected' to the upper end of each of said body members, a pair of auxiliary body members each provided with a foot'form at its 'lower end and pivotally connected to the foot forms of said first body members, and a secondA arm member pivotally connected t0 the upperl end of each of said auxiliary body memgbers and adjustably connected at its outer end' to the outer end of the corresponding first arm member, whereby the adjustment of said second arm members operates to expandand forms, substantially 'as described.V

,'.contract said bod'v member-S and'sadj foot 9. In a garment stretcher of the character instep portion of said foot form, substanreferred to, a flat foot form, an auxiliary tially as described. flat foot form pivotally mounted flatwise Signed at Portland, Multnomah county, thereupon and in normal register therewith, Oregon, this 26th day of February, 1915.

5 said auxiliary foot form being adapted to WILLIAM A. PERKINS. be moved relative to said foot form, Wherel In presence ofby, in combination therewith, to increase the C. W. RAYNOR, breadth through the ankle portion and the I. M. GRIFFIN.

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